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International petition launched for Pakshan Azizi in Munich
An international petition has been launched in Munich, Germany, for Pakshan Azizi, a Kurdish woman prisoner sentenced to death by the Iranian regime. The sixth “No to Execution on Saturdays” event in Munich this week drew attention to the situation of female human rights defenders sentenced to death in Iran. As part of the event, an international petition was launched for Pakshan Azizi, who was sentenced to death on 23 July 2024. De...
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Another Kurdish kolbar killed by Iranian forces
The Iranian regime forces continue their deadly attacks against load carriers with impunity. Kolbars are Kurdish civilians who have to do border trade by risking their lives in the difficult geographical conditions of Eastern Kurdistan. Frequently targeted by the Iranian regime, kolbars continue to struggle...
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Warisha Moradi, on death row in Iran, denied urgent medical treatment
Kurdish activist Warisha Moradi, who was arrested on 1 August 2023, is at risk of imminent execution and is suffering from serious health conditions. Kurdish political prisoner Warisha Moradi, who is on death row in Iran, is being denied access to vital medical care despite suffering from serious health conditions, including a herniated cervical disc and spinal canal stenosis, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported. In March 2024, Moradi was examined by a neurologist and both the specialist and the med...
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Iraqi border guards kill a young man and injure his father in Sulaymaniyah countryside
... the attack, 17-year-old Arêz Awat lost his life, while his 43-year-old father, Awat İsmail, was injured. Local sources report that security forces have detained the soldier who opened fire. Some sources say that the father and son were trying to take a sealed official shipment through customs to Iran when they were shot. No official statement has yet been released by authorities in Hewlêr (Erbil) or Baghdad regarding the incident.
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Kurdish political prisoner with cancer on hunger strike over denial of medical leave
... After eight months in solitary confinement under severe physical torture at security detention centres in Sardasht, Saqqez, and Sanandaj, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison and exile to Minab Prison on charges of “enmity against God” (moharebeh) due to alleged membership of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan. Additionally, in two separate cases, he was sentenced to one million rials in fines and one year in prison for “unauthorized crossing of the country’s borders” and nine years in prison, half a full diya (blood money), and a 200-million-rials fine for “complicity in murder”. Since hi...
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Petition for Pakshan Azizi sentenced to death in Iran
International outrage is growing over the Iranian government's death sentence against Kurdish journalist and activist Pakshan Azizi. Several people from Eastern Kurdistan and the diaspora have launched a petition calling for the death sentence handed down to Pakshan Azizi to be overturned. The organizers of the campaign emphasized that Azizi’s...
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Iranian security forces arrest three Kurdish civilians in Oshnavieh, whereabouts unknown
The Kurdish population in Iran continues to suffer never-ending repression at the hands of the regime's forces. Security forces today arrested Kurdish civilians Omid Ebrahimi, Yasser Sharifian, and Rashid Faghizadeh in Oshnavieh, taking them to an undisclosed location, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported. Accordi...
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Serhat Eren: Kurdish Unity Conference embodied Öcalan’s call
...ieve the outcomes of this conference will also influence the other parts. If you apply all the demands expressed here directly to Turkey, you will see that they are also the demands of the Kurds in Turkey. I can say that there is a large degree of overlap. These are also the demands of the Kurds in Iran. In Iraq, although a degree of status has been achieved, fundamentally these demands belong to the Kurds there as well. Any loss or gain that occurs in one part inevitably affects the others. Given the region’s ethnic and religious diversity, how might this model impact the broader region and the ...
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Three Kurdish political prisoners in Iran moved in secret to remote exile prisons
Kurdish political prisoners Vahid Chavaran, Nasser Rezaei and Mohammad Hassan Hasseli, who were arrested during the anti-government ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ uprising in Iran, have been secretly transferred to remote prisons across Iran. Kurdish political prisoners Vahid Chavaran, Nasser Rezaei and Mohammad Hassan Hasseli, who were sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment in exile following their arrest during the anti-government ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ (Woman, Life, Freedom) up...
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Iranian court upholds dismissal of Kurdish teacher over alleged anti-state activities
The Iranian regime’s repression of the Kurdish population continues unabated. Branch 31 of the Court of Administrative Justice has upheld the dismissal of Somayyeh Akhtar-Shomar, a 37-year-old Kurdish teacher from Marivan, Kurdistan Province, with 17 years of service, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHR...
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Health of prisoner on hunger strike in Iran deteriorates
Political prisoner Hura Nikbakht, on the 11th day of her hunger strike against the rise in death penalties in Iran, is experiencing severe health deterioration in Evin Prison. University professor and political prisoner Hura Nikbakht went on hunger strike on 23 April to protest the growing issuance, approval, and enforcement of death sentences in Iran. She continues her protest with determination. Nikbakht has ...